AU2550697A - Thermoplastic positioning sling and method of fabrication thereof - Google Patents

Thermoplastic positioning sling and method of fabrication thereof

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Publication number
AU2550697A
AU2550697A AU25506/97A AU2550697A AU2550697A AU 2550697 A AU2550697 A AU 2550697A AU 25506/97 A AU25506/97 A AU 25506/97A AU 2550697 A AU2550697 A AU 2550697A AU 2550697 A AU2550697 A AU 2550697A
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fabrication
thermoplastic positioning
positioning sling
sling
thermoplastic
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Abandoned
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AU25506/97A
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Richard D. Dean
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/10—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges for stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis
    • A61B90/14—Fixators for body parts, e.g. skull clamps; Constructional details of fixators, e.g. pins
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/10—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges for stereotaxic surgery, e.g. frame-based stereotaxis
    • A61B90/14—Fixators for body parts, e.g. skull clamps; Constructional details of fixators, e.g. pins
    • A61B90/18—Retaining sheets, e.g. immobilising masks made from a thermoplastic material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
    • A61N2005/1092—Details
    • A61N2005/1097—Means for immobilizing the patient
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Surgery (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Pathology (AREA)
  • Medical Informatics (AREA)
  • Molecular Biology (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
AU25506/97A 1996-04-05 1997-03-27 Thermoplastic positioning sling and method of fabrication thereof Abandoned AU2550697A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US62844996A 1996-04-05 1996-04-05
US08628449 1996-04-05
US08/782,597 US5794628A (en) 1996-04-05 1997-01-31 Thermoplastic positioning sling and method of fabrication thereof
US08782597 1997-01-31
PCT/US1997/004996 WO1997037623A1 (en) 1996-04-05 1997-03-27 Thermoplastic positioning sling and method of fabrication thereof

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AU2550697A true AU2550697A (en) 1997-10-29

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AU (1) AU2550697A (en)
WO (1) WO1997037623A1 (en)

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WO2015021377A2 (en) * 2013-08-08 2015-02-12 Qfix Systems, Llc Heat formable patient positioning cushion, method of producing a heat formable patient positioning cushion, and heat formable patient positioning system
US20170258626A1 (en) * 2014-09-12 2017-09-14 Brainlab Ag Immobilization mask
US20160106508A1 (en) * 2014-10-15 2016-04-21 Vanderbilt University Structure for supporting a medical device on a patient during surgical procedures

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US3957262A (en) * 1974-11-25 1976-05-18 Mcreynolds William U Head supporting and immobilizing device
US4256112A (en) * 1979-02-12 1981-03-17 David Kopf Instruments Head positioner
US4400820A (en) * 1982-09-30 1983-08-23 General Electric Company Axial tomography head holder
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